Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Slab's First Fist 6: Enter Bastard

Bobby's favorite Toon wrenches himself out of the message board.He spins and is ready for action.

Out spews his famous hat.Donald goes into his anticipation.....and explodes offscreen!Outside the carnage continues unabated.Donald Bastard approaches the slaughter in strike position.Who is this interloper, wonders Slab "n" Ernie?Bobby Bigloaf has been pummeled and bruised to near unconsciousness.Ernie is outraged. He tells Slab to continue the onslaught, as he takes a step towards the Cartoon celebrity: "Finish the job, Slab! I'll take care of this feathered faggot!"

(I don't condone Ernie's use of hate-words and neither will our knight in shining keratin)

(I don't condone Ernie's use of hate-words and neither will our knight in shining keratin)

That explanation isn't necessary, at least not to me. I can see that you're clearly putting that kind of word into Slab's mouth in order to present him as an ignorant type of person who would use that word and in that context. It's much the same as if there were a KKK member in this story we'd understand any racial slurs that might be there. I guess your explanation is moreso aimed at those who over-react to such minor things.

I am loving this story. I'd like to see how it ends.

Just a tiny thought, if you wanted us to have less sympathy for Bobby as he's getting beat up, I think it would've been good to see the person who he was having a flame war with at the beginning. Just a quick shot of someone at another computer crying their little eyes out, so we can see just how mean Bobby can be online.If you want us to have sympathy for Bobby, then what I just said probably isn't necessary. Carry on.

Donald's "strike position", coupled with the hopping, had me in absolute stitches..! such an amazing pose! Sorry I don't have anything useful to say here, but I have to show my appreciation! Also I love how his trademark hat unmistakably looks like an arse.

I like it, but I'm not sure if I like how the Internet fits in your work, maybe is because your creations and your work are made up of vintage references and your own childhood, so it gets weird when you mix it up with this kind of stuff, but I can't be sure.

Hi John, please don't approve this comment to be published, I honestly only wrote here because I couldn't find any other way to contact you. My name is Lachlan and I have been a huge fan of your work ever since I was a kid. I'm 25 now and I live in Melbourne, Australia. I have just finished a Bachelor in Screen production, majoring in Animation. I had to create a short animated film for my final project. Now it IS CGI and I know how you feel about CGI however I have tried so hard to put everything that is lacking in 3D animation into my film (crazy expressions, squash and stretch, off model poses). I have always been into drawing cartoons and 2D animation, so this was my experiment to see if certain things could be done in 3D. I had your work in mind and as reference when I was making it. I would really really really love to hear your feedback on it, my email address is lachaveli@hotmail.com if you have the time and would like to see it please send me an email so that I have an email address that I can send the film to for you to critique. Thanks so much for your time. Lachlan

I can see George Liquor stepping to settle everyone's differences in a civilized manner. Maybe a lawn mower rebuilding contest, or a hedge clipping contest, or a cleaning out the garage contest. You know; something civilized like that.

A saw an interview tonight on MLB network with Bob Costas interviewing Bob Feller, the Hall of Fame pitcher from the 30's to 50's.

Couldn't help thinking of George Liquor. As American as apple pie; very old apple pie.

"Feathered Faggot" is a great line. Both words start with F so it adds a great, clean, random, biting-awkwardness to the sentence. Also because you don't see it coming, it breaks up the comfort of the scene.